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81. Late at night, with everyone asleep, Id walk the house, checking the doors and windows. Then Id sit on the balcony or the edge of the garden and roll a joint. The house looked down onto a valley, across a hillside thick with frogs. Id listen to t
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82. We found a place. Priced at a steep discount. Just up the coast, outside Santa Barbara. Lots of room, large gardens, a climbing frameeven a pond with koi carp. The koi were stressed, the estate agent warned. So are we. Well all get along famously
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83. Five months later. Christmas 2020. We took Archie to find a Christmas tree. A pop-up lot in Santa Barbara. We bought one of the biggest spruces they had. We brought it home, set it up in the living room. Magnificent. We stood back, admiring, coun
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84. The Palace announced that a review had been conducted of our roles, and of the agreement reached in Sandringham. Henceforth, we were stripped of everything but a few patronages. February 2021. They took it all away, I thought, even my military as
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85. I wasnt sure what to call her, or what exactly she did. All I knew was that she claimed to have powers. I recognized the high-percentage chance of humbuggery. But the woman came with strong recommendations from trusted friends, so I asked myself:
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86. Frogmore Gardens. Hours after Grandpas funeral. Id been walking with Willy and Pa for about half an hour, but it felt like one of those days- long marches the Army put me through when I was a new soldier. I was beat. Wed reached an impasse. And w
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87. It was slightly easier this time. Maybe because we were an ocean away from the old chaos and stress. When the big day came we were both surer, calmersteadier. What bliss, we said, not having to worry about timing, protocols, journalists at the fr
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Epilogue
Epilogue I helped Meg into the boat. It wobbled, but I quick-stepped to the middle, got it righted in time. As she found a seat in the stern, I took up the oars. They didnt work. Were stuck. The thick mud of the shallows had us in its grip. Uncle Cha
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